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good morning, america. the search for survivors after the deadly quakes. the one-two punch in japan, the second jolt stronger than the first. roads split open. huge mudslides. hundreds of aftershocks, buildings cracked and crumbling and the race right now to rescue people trapped in the debris. the death toll rising by the hour. fight for new york. just days before the crucial primary, donald trump takes aim at hillary clinton. >> wall street owns hillary clinton. wall street. remember. on that i agree with bernie sanders. >> clinton upping her game. rubbing shoulders with the clooneys. plus, bernie's big visit heading to the vatican and meeting with
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>> is this the boost he needs to take new york? tiger attack. a beloved zookeeper nicknamed the tiger whisperer mauled to death by one of the animals she cared for at a florida zoo. guests evacuated from the scene. why did the tiger suddenly turn? and struck in the stands. >> look out. >> this foul ball hitting a fan in the face, medics along with the batter rushing to the scene. >> people are just a little more important than that game right there. >> why the protective netting didn't help at all. and good morning, it is a frantic scramble right now to rescue people trapped in the rubble after a pair of earthquakes. >> thousands of japanese army troops and other rescuers in a race against time. in the midst of terrifying aftershocks, burning
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all of this with the threat of bad weather moving in. >> and look at this aerial video. this is a famous castle perched on a high wall and it's collapsing beneath it. the damage is mind boggling in the country. the death toll rising even though officials admit they don't even really yet know home people killed or injured. >> joohee cho is right there in the middle of it reporting now from kumamoto, japan. joohee, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, paula and dan. we're at a shelter near the e epicenter where they're bracing for for aftershocks. already over 200 felt so far in the wake of the deadly pair of earthquakes that jolted one of the nation's most populated islands. death toll still rising and the injured streaming into hospitals. before residents could recover, it happened again. japan rocked by another earthquake saturday morning. the quake devastating the region, landslides swallowing roads and buildings. look at how this highway
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the crumb beneath this historic castle collapsed. this bridge snapped in half and transportation at a standstill, the airport damaged and trains derailed. this region rocked first by a 6.2 magnitude thursday night before saturday's 7.3 level quake. >> stay in a safe place until the tremors stop. >> reporter: scenes of chaos and devastation with broken glass scattered. concrete crushing cars and firefighters battle blazes of burning structures. >> 20% of all medium to large scale earthquakes on the earth take place in japan. and that's because japan sits on the juncture of three earthquake faults. >> reporter: nearly 70,000 have fled their homes. emergency crews evacuating patients from this hospital fearing it could collapse. a race against time for rescuers searching for the hundreds reportedly trapped underneath the debris. tirelessly combing through leveled buildings including this college dormitory with
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in the light of hope in the destruction crews miraculously saving this baby girl buried beneath the rubble. experts are now cautiously watching this volcano which began spewing ash and officials are keeping a close eye on a nearby nuclear power plant. the country is still on edge after fire year, memories of the tsunami, the powerful quake and fukushima meltdown near. countdown to the new york primary, three days away but the front ron yours are nowhere near the empire state. hillary clinton is raising cold, hard hollywood cash while rival bernie sanders takes the detour to the vatican and david wright is on the story. >> reporter: good morning. a detour to the vatican where he actually met the pope. but let's be clear. this was not a papal endorsement more of a sanders endorsement of pope francis. the crucial new york primary just a few days away, a must win
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of them spent the day thousands of miles away consulting with higher powers. no pictures yet, but as left the papal residence this morning, bernie sanders was glowing after a brief audience with pope francis. >> he is a beautiful man and there is a radiance that comes from him. it was a very, very wonderful moment to me. >> reporter: sanders had gone to vatican city on a wing and a prayer unsure they'd actually meet no promises given accepting an invitation to speak at a vatican conference on the economy and the environment. >> and i have been enormously impressed by pope francis speaking out and his visionary views. >> reporter: pope francis begged off the conference citing his trip to lesbos to meet with syrian refugees but sanders spent the night at the vatican guest house where pope francis lives leading to this brief audience. >> he is one of the great leaders in modern world
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>> reporter: not to be outdone after brushing up on her domino skills in new york. hillary clinton seized a moment to slip away and squeeze in a pair of glitzy california fund-raisers hosted by george and amal clooney, sanders supporters were there to greet her at the first fund-raiser last night in the bay area ba banging pots and pan. >> $27. >> reporter: for his part sanders pointedly launched this new ad to coincide with clinton's fund-raisers highli t highlighting the fact his supporters give more modest sums. >> 27 to transform america. >> reporter: 27 bucks is the average donation from sanders' supporters to him. tonight those clinton fund-raisers giving north of 33,000 but it includes dinner and a selfie. >> the price of selfies i guess just went up. >> dinner and a selfie. welcome to campaigning in 2016. thank you. on the republican side donald trump is doing something surprising
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sanders. abc's devin dwyer on trump's latest salvo and why ted cruz is leaving the empire state days before the crucial primary. devin is on the campaign trail in syracuse, new york. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. after his loss to ted cruz in wisconsin, donald trump is looking to new york's primary to start a new chapter in his campaign getting back to winning and taking on hillary clinton. this morning, donald trump's in an empire state of mind. >> folks, we need a change, but not an obama change, we need a real change. we don't need hillary clinton who is a disaster. >> reporter: turning up the heat on fellow new yorker hillary clinton. he's so far ahead in the state he's wandering into the democratic debate. >> wall street owns hillary clinton. wall street. remember. on that i agree with bernie sanders. >> reporter: but rival ted cruz says trump is a fan of other prominent new york democrats, a new cruz tv ad hammers him for his
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city mayor bill de blasio. ump trump hasn't spent a dime on tv advertising in new york and holds a commanding lead. >> god bless the great state of new york. >> reporter: meanwhile, ted cruz is ditching new york today to try to win over gop delegates where trump has not campaigned. >> when i'm done here i'm getting on a plane and flying to the state of wyoming. >> reporter: this is as trump continues to question the fairness of the delegate selection process. >> the republicans want to play cute with us, right? if i don't make it, you're going to have millions of people that don't vote for a republican. they're not going to vote at all. >> reporter: now, while ted cruz and john kasich both prepare for a contested convention, donald trump this morning says he's begun softening the tone of his campaign to unify the party telling the new york newspaper, i said things that were a little too tough, paula. >> all right, we're seeing that 180. devin, thank you. we want to bring in abc's political analyst matt
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i want to start out on the gop turning to be an ugly feud between the gop and trump. he wrote an op-ed saying the process was rigged but the party responded and want to read it to you, quote, each process is easy to understand for those willing to learn it. it ultimately falls on the campaign to be up to speed on these delicate roles. they're eating their own. >> it's unprecedented. the guy that wants to lead the team is attacking the entire team in the course of this. he's trying to do a hostile takeover of the gop. like carl icahn of the politics right now. he's trying to take it over. you've never seen anything like it. trump is right. the system is rigged and the rnc is saying the rules were known. both is ride. how it ends up we'll see at the convention in cleveland in could sabotage their own party. to the democratic side and bernie sanders has won seven of the last eight contests. we have a big primary on tuesday here in new york. but do you think this could be his final stand? >> yes, i think the only shot he has left anymore to change the
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math is against him. he won't get the delegates he needs in the course of this before the convention so has to change the dynamic of the race and that's why i think he went to rome and had his meeting and did his speech over there. his great adventure continues but he has to win new york or the race is over. >> great, analysis. always great to have you in the studio. >> great to be here. >> dan. >> want to remind everybody that they're going to have a big show tomorrow on "this week." matt will be there, both hillary clinton and bernie sanders joining george stephanopoulos to talk about the primary in new york t-minus three days till that. so much more coming up tomorrow. we turn now though to the horrifying ining story of the whisperer in palm beach florida mauled by one of the animals she loved. the zoo evacuated and abc's eva pilgrim is here with the story. eva, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this is something the zookeeper did every day, going one-on-one with these tigers preparing them
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for their day, but this time one of the tigers turned on her. now, investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong. this morning, a florida zoo is closed after a tiger attacks and kills a veteran zookeeper. >> we've lost a family member. >> reporter: a malayan male like this one shown in this zoo video mauling stacey konwiser and the zoo declaring a code red all guests evacuated many huddling in the gift shop. emergency crew airlifting konwiser to a nearby hospital where the 37-year-old was later pronounced dead. zoo officials say guests were never in any danger. the attack happening behind the scenes in a closed-in area. >> there was no public involved whatsoever. the cat was contained. they notified people shut the zoo down. the animal is not out in the open. >> reporter: konwiser was working side-by-side with the big cats in the night house where they sleep preparing the zoo's afternoon tiger talk like the one in this youtube video posted by the zoo. the veteran keeper c
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tiger whisperer by her co-workers had been at the palm beach zoo for three years. >> this is an incident that happened. it's beyond rare. we have an important job here, to educate our public about the animal world. >> that's a lot of what she was doing. konwiser's husband also works as a keeper at the zoo where counselors are now on hand. no word at this point when that zoo will re-open. >> jack hanna is right. this is incredibly rare but these are wild animals. always have to be careful. eva, thank you. a lot of other news and for that we turn it over to ron claiborne. good morning, sir. >> good morning to you, dan, paula, good morning, everyone. we begin with pope francis' emotional meeting with refugees in greece and abc's terry moran is on the island of lesbos following the papal visit. good morning to you, terry. >> reporter: pope francis on the front lines of the refugee crisis, last year on this island more than 500,000 people came ashore seeking a better life and so francis went to be with them at the main
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an old prison, a grim place and you could see the desperation, a man collapsing to his knees in front of the pope sobbing, broken, and the little children giving him their drawings from the camp, the pope so struck he told his aides i want to bring these drawings home to rome and put them on my desk as a reminder of what he's seen here. practically there's very little the pope can do to change things here but there's one more emotion we should mention from francis himself, joy. you get the unmistakable sense being people like this, the unwanted bearing witness to their struggle it's his favorite part of the job, ron. >> okay, terry moran, thanks for that report from greece. traveling with pope francis and back here at home, a shooting in temple hill, maryland, just outside washington, d.c. leaves one firefighter dead, another critically injured. firefighters responding to a call asking to check on a sick person who could not be contacted when no one answered the door when they showed up the fireman along with the person that called them went into the house when shots were
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the shooter was believed to be the person they were checking on who is now in police custody. the nba calling a north carolina law affecting what public restroom transgendered people can use say it was problematic however have no plans as of now to move next year's all-star game from charlotte, north carolina, this after outcry from fans and basketball stars like charles barkley demanding that move friday the acrobatic theatric cal group cirque du soleil said it would cancel all performances there because of that. hundreds of football fans and dozens of former teammates of will smith, the former new orleans saints star what "killed showed up to say good-bye inside the practice facility. smith a wife also wounded in the incident attended along with the couple's three children. a suspect has been arrested. smith a funeral will take place later today. and the coast guard had to rescue three people from a stranded sailboat off
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of georgia after they lost steering control in strong winds and rough surf. search and rescue teams and a helicopter were able to lift the three to safety and treated for dehigh craig and seasickness. a pet duck in wisconsin gets his waddle back thanks to some high-tech feet. his name is phillip the duck. learning to walk again after being fitted with synthetic webbed feet designed using a 3d printer. he lost both his feet to frostbite. once he mastered walking he hopes he'll be swimming next at an animal sanctuary that will be his home. this happened an hour before he was supposed to be put down. >> you're kidding. >> saved his life. happy story. >> that's phenomenal. >> and the material called ninja flex that they use to put on his feet like a ninja duck. >> i love it. >> kayna kawhitworth gait to ha you here. ninja flex. >> i need that
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everything i own, i think. >> our own resident ninja, rob marciano, is in washington, d.c. right now and, rob, it's all about those famed cherry blossoms, correct? >> yeah, that we're celebrating the natural cherry blossom festival. behind me blowing up the balloons like thanksgiving here. i think that's strawberry shortcake. i should know that but you got balloons and floats. of course, you got marching bands. this is the mitchell high school marching band from newport rich think, florida. what a beautiful backdrop, the washington monument on the mall. sun coming up. a fantastic day. here, dancers, they're going to be on with the drummers dancing throughout the parade. we celebrate japan because they gave us 3,000 cherry blossom trees back in i think 1912. they lined them all. they line the tidal basin and it's just a spectacular site when they're in full bloom. because it was so warm this year they bloomed a little bit on the
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spectacular tornadoes yesterday across southeast colorado. this one in eads. no damage done but a great day to chase, no doubt about that. more in the way of severe weather. this is the radar, heavy rain on the east side of it. heavy snow on the back side of it and as the front slowly moves off to the east when the severe weather will fire up tonight into tomorrow morning and then again on monday getting closer to dallas, a flash flood threat as we go through time there and heavy rainfall, maybe 5 or 6 inches northwest of dallas, looking for flash flooding possible there through monday. the snowfall will be upwards of four feet for denver this morning with maybe a foot there especially in the suburbs. >> good morning. beautiful weekend ahead of us. during the past, they featured rain and highs in the 50's and
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tomorrow with highs in the upper 60's today, lord 40's overnight, cooler tomorrow morning. we head to the next seven days, 80 degrees on monday. the next chance for any rain in the forecast have to wait until friday of next week. >> all right. bring it, bring it. here they are. in all their glory, it's the national celebration of spring, guys. i even broke out the purple getup. live from washington, d.c., we'll be back here in about 15 minutes. >> rob is a wonderful conductor. >> yes, he is. he works well with a horn accompaniment. >> someone needs to tell him you're not supposed to wear white. >> i can't hear a word you're saying. >> not supposed to wear white what. >> before memorial day. >> the rules have changed. i can't believe i know that. >> you're the fashion expert. >> don't ask me. >> when it comes to fashion there are no rules anymore, right? you set the standard so go with that.
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well today marks a big day for basketball fans. one more reason to sit on the couch, dan, okay, the nba playoffs tip off, 16 teams in, for many of the regular season it's been a mere formality, the big question, though, which one of them has a legit chance to take down masters champs golden state warriors and steph curry. kevin negandhi has more on what's ahead. kevin, great to have you in studio. >> good to be here. thank you for having me. a year after beating lebron james in the final steph curry is unseeding king james in popularity. according to a new poll curry jumped ahead of lebron as the league's number one favorite player and like his shooting range, curry's popularity has no limits. no matter where he is on the court, steph curry can beat you. >> bang, bang, oh, what a shot from curry. >> reporter: smashing records and leading the league in scoring, curry could
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nba's first ever unamous mvp winner while lebron james looks like a 6'8" comic book superhero. the 6'3" curry is doing it with ridiculous shooting rank and dribbling skills that kids like noah cutler want to imitate. >> so much of what steph curry does people can identify with. handling a ball, shooting the ball, he very rarely dunks. not flying through the air. steph curry and now a whole legion of players like him realize shooting and dribbling can make you a champion. >> i want to be great. i want to be the best i can be. >> one out of every five avid nba fans name curry as their favorite athlete but popularity at home may be a little different. his young daughter riley stole many of the postgame headlines during last year's playoffs. >> daddy, quiet. >> now, curry is the face of the nba and the d
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warriors. but the biggest test on trying to become the best team ever begins today in the playoffs. >> we just know we have a good thing here and we want to take advantage of it. keep pushing the envelope. >> by the way that special michael jordan's bulls team in 1996 went 15-3 in the playoffs, finished 87-13 overall, the warriors need to win a championship and go 16-4 to finish with a better combined record. >> as a pro-post of meditation i can't help but notice both the bulls of the '90s and the warriors of today have a real focus on the mental game. >> phil jackson was the head coach of that bulls team. one of his former players, steph kerr who is the head coach of the warriors. so they do the whole meditation thing and this past year their top three core values, joy, mindfulness and compassion. >> that sounds like the core values of "gma" weekend. >> as those are our core values. >> kevin, gait to have you. >> thank you very much. >> come on back sometime soon. re
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day of playoffs on abc and espn, rockets against the warriors and oakland starting at 3:30 eastern. coming up here on the show the baseball fan hit in the stands. even though there was protective netting in place, how that ball managed to make it through and how the fan is doing this morning. plus, will and kate's taj mahal visit as they wrap up their tour to interka and how it's being compared to princess diana's visit almost 2 1/2 decades ago. right back. "good morning america" is brought to you by state farm. ♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those (minivan). we are never having another kid. i'm pregnant. i am never letting go. for all the nevers in life, state farm is there.
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>> good morning. plenty of sunshine chilly this morning. 10:00 a.m., back in the upper 50's. lower 60's by noon and upper 60's in the afternoon. we are hosting the toronto football club with temperatures in the upper 60's and dropping to the lower 60's by the tail end of the game.
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heading out there. you can watch it live on channel 8 at 5:00 this afternoon. 35 to 45 overnight. nothing out of the ordinary. highs close to the 70 degree mark tomorrow. it will get a little bit better into the workweek week. 80 degrees on monday. weak frontal boundary will bring a few clouds, wind and some pictures in the lower 70's on tuesday. untilhance of rain occurs friday of next week with highs back in the mid-70's.
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and welcome back to "gma" on a czar morning. severe weather, flash floods and a major snowstorm on the way. the rocky mountains bracing for up to four feet of snow. texas, oklahoma and kansas expecting torrential rain, hail and tornadoes. >> issuing fines for seat hogs in the bay area. san francisco transit police set to give out fines for those who take up more than one seat on the train. repeat offenders could pay up to 500 bucks. also pop star prince rushed to the hospital after his jet makes an emergency landing, the purple rain singer has been battling the flu now resting back at home but the flu is going around in this particular strain seems like it's pretty
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people. >> pulling for prince this morning. coming up, speaking of prince, prince william and kate wrapping up their tour to india with a visit to the taj mahal. the event bringing back memories of william's mom, princess diana photographed there 4 years ago. but first here, a disaster at a baseball game in florida. >> a batter hit a foul ball. it then struck a woman in the stands and the ball apparently sailed through a tiny opening in the protective netting. abc's marci gonzalez is here with the story. hi, marci. >> good morning, fans sitting behind that thought they were protected but a gap barely bigger than a baseball created this unforeseen danger for that woman and this morning she is recovering after taking a hit right to the face. >> look out. >> reporter: overnight a baseball fan in tampa bay carried out after she was struck by a foul ball. stopping the game for several minutes as medics rush to treat
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the player who hit the ball seemed visibly concerned. >> the human side of him showing there where he was concerned. >> reporter: even walking into the stands to check on her as she was taken away. >> people are a little more important than that game right there and that woman's health is way more important than my results in the game. >> reporter: an estimated 1,750 fans are hurt every year with little to no protection between the fans and stands. last year this detroit fan stretchered off in a neck brace after taking a foul to the head. >> they will take her out of the ballpark now. >> at fenway park tonya carpenter severely injured then just a month later stephanie wh wapenski. >> it reflects i couldn't have been looking more flushly at what was going on. >> reporter: after a rash
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high-profile spectator injuries, the league issued new recommendations to extend the protective netting beginning this year. unfortunately, it wasn't enough to protect this woman last night when the speeding ball went through a small opening and fired into the second row. and a hospital spokesperson says that woman is in stable condition and will undergo facial surgery later today. yeah, souza hopes to visit her in the hospital and you could see how badly he felt. >> we're pulling for her, as well. thank you. let's check the weather and back to rob marciano. in the nation's capital celebrating the cherry blossom -- >> strawberry shortcake is flying. >> right. >> she's alive. >> she just got better. >> hi, strawberry or shortcake. >> completely uncontrived glee. >> i love strawberry shortcake with all of my heart. i still have my sleeping bag from fourth grade. >> and now a national news
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in the onboard carry-on. hey, celebrating the national cherry blossom festival, the parade is today and at the assembly -- look, it's the dogwood trail mix. the antebellum dresses colorful celebrating spring and the marching band, mt. washington monument. hi, diana mahue. we're soic haved. what makes this so much more exciting? >> no place else to be other than springtime in washington, d.c. but the nation's greatest springtime celebration. >> we've got dancers and drummers from japan, ladies from southern alabama, i mean, how many floats do we have and how many balloons do we have flying? >> about 15 floats, probably about 9 balloons and there's over 5,000 participants in the parade today. >> one, hit me with your best shot from this marching band. >> thank you f
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>> i was hoping you would give me credit. congratulations. >> mentioned the weather is going to be perfect. you bet. not just here, but across the entire east coast. blocking pattern in place, high pressure, temperatures will be in the 70s, widespread, beautiful levels of humidity and as we go through the next couple of days we're going to see things crank up especially in some of these bigger city, temperatures approaching the 80-degree mark in philly, d.c., maybe even new york city and that probably continues on right in through the middle part of the week. watching the severe weather threat all jammed up because of the beautiful weather we're enjoying in the east coast, several rounds, several days of severe weather for texas and maybe some flooding, as well. that's a quick check. >> good morning. beautiful weekend ahead of us. 58 for the
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all the cool side overnight, >> this weather report is brought to you by nexgard. thanks, guys. you sound awesome. look terrific. the tamagawa dancers and trail mix. three items in what will be a spectacular day here with abc 7 to help our affiliate down here. it's going to be a broadcast that you may be able to see at some point in your local area. dan, paula, back up to you. strawberry shortcake is looking good. i don't know if i can fit her in my bag. >> can you try and let me apologize, i think i contained my composure now. >> no need to apologize. >> are you sure? that was a moment of freakout on my behalf when i saw. >> beautiful. >> i will never let you forget it. >> embarrassing more like it. coming up on "good morning america," new memories for the royal family, prince william and kate follow in princess diana's footst
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there they are, prince william and kate wrapping up their tour with a visit to the taj mahal, one of the seven
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>> a stark contrast to when william's mother visited by herself 24 years earlier and separated from prince charles just a few months after. lama hasan joining us from london with more. hi, lama. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, guys. well, this morning under the blazing sun it's 105 degrees fahrenheit at the taj mahal today, a bittersweet moment for william as he retraces his mother's footsteps he and kate sitting on the very same bench princess diana did in 1992. the prince saying he wanted to visit a place where his mother's memory is kept alive but make new happy memories with kate. this morning, the moment we've been waiting for, william and kate touring the monument of love, the taj mahal sitting on that iconic bench just as diana did 24 years ago. >> she'd be glad to see her son seems to have found contentment in his marriage that eluded her and prince charles. >> the one iconic image is
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of princess diana sit ago lone in front of the taj mahal, saying my marriage is in crisis, my marriage is over. it's important for william and kate that they reinvent their tour, that this is about positive moment, new memories but it's quite difficult because there's so many echoes of late princess diana. >> reporter: ending with a romantic hike to one of the world's most magical sites. >> it's an amazing experience. lucky to see such beautiful scenery. >> william making a vow to return. >> maybe when they're a bit older. >> the duke and duchess on their way back to prince george and princess charlotte. >> we're looking forward to seeing them but they're in good hands. >> reporter: a trip to remember, so many memories to cherish for the royal couple from the slums of mumbai to a night with bollywood royalty and who can forget baby elephants and rhinos not to mention the extraordinary day they had with the king and queen of
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so, that's it, folks. a whirlwind tour of india and bhutan, the duke and duchess packing in more than 20 engagements full of picture perfect photo-ops so now time to put their feet up as they head home to see their two little ones and i bet they can't wait, dan, paula. >> although being with the two little ones as a new mom probably in a position where you put your feet up. not relaxing at all. >> no. >> good point. thanks, lama. coming up on "good morning america" actor chris hemsworth reveals his brush with death, rather, that's straight ahead in "pop news" with kayna whitworth, everybody. stick around. we're right back.
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lung, next stage there was oxygen in my brain and then good night. we wouldn't be sitting here. >> you need a new travel agent is what you need. >> different vacation. he said he started getting sick at 10,000 feet. by the time they reached 13,000 feet he was basically losing his mind. conditions were not great. it was coal and had to sleep with their water bottles in their sleeping bags so their water wouldn't freeze. >> why you go to the beach on vacation. >> how stuff is his wife, by the way. >> soups pretty tough. she was totally fine. >> the whole time. summer might be right around the corner but you know winter is coming. the next season of "game of thrones" opens up april 24th and the studio has decided its employees deserve some extra sleep for staying up late to watch the premiere. the hbo show airs at 2 a.m. in the uk to coincide with the broadcast in the u.s. so this half day is vacation company policy and they get that for the first episode of every season. it's included in their
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>> how nice. >> also listed by the way warning to american workers, not allowed to spill any secrets, that happened last season so now only the president gets to view these before anyone else. >> yeah, well, i mean people get really angry when you release spoilers. >> i've had that date marked on my calendar for awhile. >> i'm so excited. it's date night again. >> what? >> it's date night again in our household. >> oh, nice. it's a romantic show, very, very romantic. honey, the kids are in bed. let's watch people kill each other. >> when you're married 15 years sometimes that -- so from the land of fire and ice to celebrities dripping in it it was a girls night out for jessica biel, naomi watts accompanied by their friends, tiffany, the diamonds. celebrating their bluebook party and made them shine brightly with diamonds. now jessica biel saying she loved it all. >> these moments you take your own. you do a couple o
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silly personal -- what are these called? selfies? that's mom brain for you. >> that is mom brain. >> absolutely. and speaking of selfies this is one that reese posted saying, whoa, all these jewels, ee enough said. what's better than having breakfast at sievenys having dinner there and watching them. >> i'll wear them next time i watch "game of thrones." >> kayna whitworth, next on "pop news"? >> this story is for you, dan. it's one of my favorites, we've got a dad and daughter duo who summoned the force to pull out a wobbly tooth. watch this. >> wait a second. >> what. >> ow. >> you just called that. >> nothing but family bonding quite like the "star wars" themed dental procedure that was the millennium falcon. i don't know how many takes it took
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saying i love you, chewy. >> very good use of the words. >> distance and not time. >> i have no idea. >> anyway, thank you. did a great job. see you tomorrow morning on "gma." >> good morning to you. here is what is happening. the prince name of george's county firefighter that was killed in a triple shooting last night. kevin slane is the second firefighter that was involved, who was injured. at last
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check, he is listed as critical condition. the civilian is in stable condition. the civilian is the name or of the suspect -- the neighbor of the suspect, who remains unidentified. the firefighters were responding to a well-being check. when they approach the home, they were met with gunfire. police have arrested the suspect, and they say the person is cooperated. -- is cooperating. we will continue to follow this. stay tuned to wjla for continuing coverage of the story. turning now to the weather. >> it has been a little bit on the chilly side this morning. things were in the 30's, and they are now just getting into the 40's. 43 gaithersburg. -- cherryal chip festival blossom parade will be at about 56 degrees for that. we
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as we head through the afternoon hours. plenty of sunshine today. a very comfortable day ahead. tonight, clear and cool again. tomorrow, a touch of the same. -- willll be in the 70 be around the 70 degree mark. >> thank you so much. you can get more weather and news updates on our news hour
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